Astrium showcased its Exoguard upper-tier Ballistic Missile Defense concept at the Euronaval 2012

: Posted On Sunday, 28 October 2012 17:28

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Astrium showcased its Exoguard upper-tier Ballistic Missile Defense concept at Euronaval 2012

Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, presented several products and services at its stand at the 2012 Euronaval show, held at the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Centre from 22-26 October, including its new concepts in the field of Ballistic Missile Defence.

Astrium Kill Vehicle on display at Euronaval 2012 (Scale 1:2)

New projects in the field of Maritime surveillance included:

- OceanWay: a satellite-based maritime surveillance service that can monitor and track ships in every ocean from space.
- SAT-AIS: a satellite-based ship-identification system.
- GO-3S: video from space thanks to an Earth-observation satellite system in geostationary orbit capable of generating 25 images per second.

Exoguard at Euronaval 2012: Astrium's concept for upper-tier Ballistic Missile Defence

In the field of Ocean-going deterrent capability and ballistic missile defence, Astrium had on display:
- A scale model the M51
- Deterrence programmes with models of Exoguard and its Kill Vehicle.

The M51 SLBM is a submarine-launched ballistic missile currently deployed on some of the French Navy's Triomphant class SSBNs.

Exoguard is an Astrium project to study the feasibility of an Exo-Atmospheric system combining a multi-stage rocket and a "hit to kill" kill vehicle based on an infra-red telescope.